Aetna gives Columbus Regional $25K grant to help fight childhood obesity

Abigail Futch likes to eat healthy. For a snack, some celery or a carrot stick will do fine. The 9-year-old girl tries to persuade friends to do the same and put junk food aside. Do they listen?“Some do,” she said, smiling.That even a few of her peers have adopted her healthy lifestyle pleases the Clubview Elementary student “Everyone should want to be healthy,” she said.Abigail and several classmates were on hand at The Village Kitchen on 13th Street in Columbus Wednesday morning helping to prepare healthy snacks for those gathered at a news conference announcing the beginning of a Columbus Regional Healthcare System program aimed at fighting childhood obesity.The program is “Columbus Regional Cooks for Health.”On Wednesday,

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